Pool construction and panel support member

Abstract

The specification describes an in-ground concrete pool construction is particularly concerned with the use of a panel support member during the construction. The panel support member is of elongate form, has a pair of angled surfaces adapted to provide the form for a concrete edge of the pool, and is characterized by a plurality of fixing lugs depending therefrom whereby the panel support member is bolted to the pool wall and a transverse lug at each end thereof is adapted to be joined to a similar support member.

I claim: 
     
       1. A method of constructing an in-ground concrete pool with an overhanging edge comprising the steps of: excavating a hole to the required size and shape,   placing reinforcing material in the hole for a floor and walls of the pool,   erecting a plurality of panel members to form a facing for walls of the pool,   securing said panel members together and supporting them at their top edges with a plurality of elongate support members, each support member overlapping two or more panel members,   fixing said support members by a plurality of dependent lugs to said panel members,   securing a transverse lug at each end of said support member to a transverse lug at an adjacent end of an adjacent support member so that the panel members are stabilized and unitized,   pouring concrete to form the floor and walls behind said panel members and said support members and also to form said overhanging edge, said edge being formed simultaneously with at least a portion of said walls,   allowing said concrete to set, and   removing said support members for reuse.   
     
     
       2. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said panel support members are of angle section with two arms. 
     
     
       3. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein: depending lugs extend at right angles from an edge of one arm of the angle section of each panel support member in a direction opposite to the extent of the other arm thereof, and   a transverse lug extends from an end of said other arm transversely to the extent of both arms and in a direction opposite to the extent of said one arm, and   said angle section having respective bores in said depending lugs and said transverse lug for receiving bolts therethrough.   
     
     
       4. A panel support member for use in a method of constructing an overhanging concrete edge and an in-ground concrete pool, said support member comprising: an angle section with two arms,   depending lugs extending at right angles from an edge of one arm of the angle section in a direction opposite to the extent of the other arm thereof,   a transverse lug extending from an end of said other arm transversely to the extent of both arms and in a direction opposite to the extent of said one arm, and   said angle section having respective bores in said depending lugs and said transverse lug for receiving bolts therethrough.